Earlier this week, GM Mike Gillis told season-ticket that he came out of a meeting with Luongo with "full confidence" that he'd play for the Canucks in 2013-14. At issue is the fact that Vancouver tried (and failed) for a year to ship Luongo out of town. His contract made that impossible, and so Cory Schneider is a New Jersey Devil.

There aren't any available goalies half as good as Luongo, they'd get virtually nothing in return if he forced a trade, and the team's top backup is Eddie Lack, who has never played in the NHL. But now, things are close to being as fine as they can get. Unless …